JD Vance
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“no active shooting right now”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
At a White House briefing, Vance claimed there was no active shooting in the conflict with Iran.
“While I wouldn’t be shocked if we are living in the end times, what I’m trying to focus on is doing as much of God’s work as possible right now,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
Vance said during a podcast interview with Christian evangelist Bryce Crawford that he is focused on doing God's work.
“And if that leads to the end times, OK.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
Vance added during the podcast interview that if his work leads to the end times, that is OK.
“wouldn’t call it a war”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05
At a White House briefing, Vance said of the conflict with Iran that he would not call it a war.
“I think that there are, like, things about the world that make me feel, like, not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance said there were things about the world that made him feel not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us, during a podcast discussion.
“And I think that it's probably bad for me spiritually to focus too much on it, because there are, like, things you gotta do.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance clarified that thoughts about the end times did not preoccupy him, during a podcast discussion with Bryce Crawford.
“not [be] shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance mused on his religious views while responding to a question on a Christian podcast.
“What I'm trying to focus on is doing as much of God's work as possible right now.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance reiterated that he was preoccupied with being vice-president and focused on doing God's work.
“Do I think that we're in the end times? I don't know,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance responded to a question about the end times during a podcast discussion with Christian podcaster Bryce Crawford.
“I gotta be good to my wife. I gotta be good to my kids. I have to be as good of a leader as I can for the United States of America.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Vance explained that he needed to focus on practical responsibilities rather than the end times, during a podcast discussion.
“hire and train Americans”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-30
Vice President JD Vance called for American companies to hire and train domestic workers.
“a lot of issues”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-23
JD Vance reportedly mocked Mark Carney at a private event regarding Canadian concessions in trade talks.
“what has been true over the last couple of weeks is they felt a lot more pressure than we have.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22
JD Vance commented on the pressure dynamics between the U.S. and Iran during a podcast appearance.
“comes in and puffs his chest out and says: ‘I’m going to, like, out-tough Donald Trump.’”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance mocked Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during a private fundraiser in Southampton, New York.
“We got a lot of work to do, but we’re making progress on all the things that matter the most,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance sought to reassure voters about the administration's economic progress during a speech in Middletown, Ohio.
“Do they want to have their economy strangled for the rest of time, or do they want to have a better relationship with the West? That's always been the option that the president has put to these guys,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance outlined the choices facing Iranian leadership amid ongoing economic pressure.
“He once argued, not too long ago, that criticisms of Sharia law were rooted in white supremacy,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance brought attention to past statements made by Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
“if we can, not even get it back to where it was before, but if we can get enough oil and gas out to give some Americans some ease at the pumps, some ease on energy prices.”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance spoke about countering Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz to lower domestic energy prices.
“a lot of oil and gas out”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance addressed U.S. military assistance in moving fuel through the Strait of Hormuz.
“It’s hard to understand what these modern Democrats actually stand for,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance criticized the Democratic Party as having lost its direction during a campaign rally.
“who pretend to be friends of the workers in this facility”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance criticized politicians who falsely claim to support factory workers during a rally at an Ohio steel plant.
“This is the party, the Democrat party of graduate students, rather than the union and nonunion workers who make this facility run,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance criticized the modern Democratic Party during a speech at an Ohio steel plant.
“I'd love to go back in time and tell my papa that there is a man who claims to stand for working people who says not only should we have Sharia law but if you criticize it you're a white supremacist. That's not my grandpa's Democratic party my friend.”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance contrasted Abdul El-Sayed's positions with his grandfather's generation of Democratic voters.
“I think we've been quite successful,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance evaluated U.S. efforts to prevent Iranian forces from attacking commercial ships.
“[Brown] was a man who claimed to represent this state but never once raised his voice against Joe Biden’s border crisis or against the inflation that was brought on by Joe Biden underinvesting and trying to destroy American industry,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance targeted former Senator Sherrod Brown's alignment with Joe Biden's economic and border policies.
“It’s hilarious because Carney presents this as some victory for Canada when fundamentally, like, they climb down on a lot of issues.”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-19 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance commented on trade negotiations between the US and Canada in a leaked recording from a private event.
“It's sometimes actually hard to understand what are these modern Democrats actually stand for? But look what they say. Pay close attention, and they'll leave these little hints of what they actually care about.”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance argued that modern Democrats have lost touch with working-class voters.
“I’d love to go back in time and tell my papaw that there’s a man who claims to stand for working people, who says not only should we have Sharia law, but if you criticise it, you are a white supremacist,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance attacked Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during his speech in Middletown.
“I’m not saying it’s going to be easy – or it’s all going to happen overnight – but in just 18 months, we have seen an explosion of rebuilding in the American heartland,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
JD Vance credited Donald Trump's policies with fueling economic and manufacturing rebuilding in the heartland during a speech in Ohio.
“We're going to keep that going because we think that's the best way to ultimately achieve the final objective,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Vance said the US intends to continue applying economic pressure to achieve its objective.
“They're going to try to apply economic pressure to us, but what has been true over the last couple of weeks is that they felt a lot more pressure than we have,”
JD Vance · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Vance said on the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show that economic pressure had affected Iran more than the US.
“That’s goal number one: Keep oil and gas cheap for Americans all over our country.”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-13 · reported 2026-08-16
Vance named keeping oil and gas cheap as the first US goal in the Iran war.
“And then, obviously, goal number two is ensure that Iran never gets a nuclear weapon.”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-13 · reported 2026-08-16
Vance named preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon as the second US goal.
“It’s ensuring that the Gulf countries continue to send oil and gas to the world economy so that we have energy price stability,”
JD Vance · said 2026-08-13 · reported 2026-08-16
Vance outlined US goals for ending the Iran war during a Fox News appearance.
“Lindsey Graham loved people from all walks of life. ... He was fascinated in the waitstaff in the Senate dining room. He was fascinated in the people who made the food. He was fascinated in the lowest staffer who had been hired three days earlier,”
JD Vance · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
Vance spoke at the Capitol ceremony about Graham's ability to connect with people from all walks of life.
“He was fascinated by, of course, the very leadership of our country, and I think he was fascinated in people because he loved people.”
JD Vance · said 2026-07-28 · reported 2026-07-28
Vance spoke at the Capitol ceremony about Graham's fascination with people.
“Obviously, we’re worried about the nuclear issue,”
JD Vance · said 2026-07-01 · reported 2026-07-01
Vance told reporters in the United States that discussions included details related to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
“We’re going to start talking about that.”
JD Vance · said 2026-07-01 · reported 2026-07-01
Vance told reporters the U.S. would begin discussing the nuclear issue.
“some of that stuff takes time.”
JD Vance · said 2025-07-28 · reported 2025-07-28
JD Vance noted that releasing credible information regarding Jeffrey Epstein takes time.
“If you want to criticize the people who aren’t showing full transparency, you ought to go after the administrations that went easy on Jeffrey Epstein, that concealed this case for 20 years, and the administrations that failed to show full transparency,”
JD Vance · said 2025-07-28 · reported 2025-07-28
JD Vance criticized prior presidential administrations for their handling of Jeffrey Epstein.